June 2016 posts from News and blog

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June 2016 posts from News and blog

We’ve launched our Food is Power campaign to fight for good nutrition that could save millions of lives. We’re asking governments to spend more tackling malnutrition – it’s a massive problem around the world, especially for the poorest and most vulnerable.

Food is power because it fuels our bodies and our communities, and in turn powers development. Throughout history it has transformed societies: here are just a few times food has shaped our world.

We are living in an era of unprecedented need for humanitarian aid. Millions of refugees searching for safety; climate change and Ebola outbreaks putting lives at risk; massive earthquakes destroying hundreds of thousands of homes in an instant.

These are the kinds of emergencies that make headlines, but there are many smaller, lesser known crises that often fly under our radar. Their lack of visibility makes it harder for humanitarian organizations to garner support, leaving millions of people without desperately needed aid.

What life-changing skills have you learned? Maybe how to drive, how to earn a living, or how to be a top-notch mum or dad. We believe knowledge is power, and with good reason: we’ve seen people in the world’s poorest countries use new skills to transform their futures.

Almost every day we hear reports of families fleeing their homes in an attempt to escape conflict and brutality. Each report begins to merge with the next, until stories start to lose meaning and blur into faceless statistics. This World Refugee Day, we shed light on the people and stories behind the statistics.

Parliamentarians from across the political spectrum are in the House of Commons today, talking about the UK government’s commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of gross national income fighting poverty in developing countries. But aid debates often ignore a crucial fact – that it is just one part of a global fight to improve the lives of millions of people. Natalie Lartey, Concern UK's head of policy and campaigns, explains.

In May we launched our #HandsUpForHumanity campaign, showing how the British people are sick of seeing hospitals and schools bombed and food convoys to starving people blocked. We asked David Cameron to go to the World Humanitarian Summit in Turkey to push world leaders to take urgent action to protect civilians affected by conflict and crisis.